Will this system bottleneck?
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I have never seen a system that wasn't bottle-necked in someway. If its not the CPU, its the GPU. If its not the GPU, its the memory speed. If its not the memory speed, its the hard drive speed.
Also every application behaves differently and will be bottle-necked by a different component. So you design your computer to have the most power in the area's you plan to use it for.
As for your RAM, I'm assuming 2x4GB and 2x1GB installed in their proper slot placement for whatever board you have? If so and they run the same frequency (MHz), CAS speed (9-9-9-27 etc.) and roughly same voltage so your not over-volting one for the other there shouldn't be any reason why not. However if the smaller kit is bringing down the frequency or CAS speeds of the larger kit, I would dump it. 2GB more memory is not likely going to help depending on what you do(ram quantity bottle-neck example).
Also every application behaves differently and will be bottle-necked by a different component. So you design your computer to have the most power in the area's you plan to use it for.
As for your RAM, I'm assuming 2x4GB and 2x1GB installed in their proper slot placement for whatever board you have? If so and they run the same frequency (MHz), CAS speed (9-9-9-27 etc.) and roughly same voltage so your not over-volting one for the other there shouldn't be any reason why not. However if the smaller kit is bringing down the frequency or CAS speeds of the larger kit, I would dump it. 2GB more memory is not likely going to help depending on what you do(ram quantity bottle-neck example).
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